Star fragrance winners

Style notes

Posted: Sunday, June 22, 2003

By Associated Press

NEW YORK - For anyone who is counting, singer-actress-fashion-magnate Jennifer Lopez is now a star in another industry: Glow by J.Lo perfume was named the celebrity fragrance star of the year at the annual Fragrance Foundation awards. Other ''FiFi'' winners, selected by Fragrance Foundation members including designers, packagers, retailers, manufacturers and suppliers as well as media, advertising and public relations agencies, were:

Best new women's fragrance: The Healing Garden Waters Sheer Passion by Coty Beauty US in the mass appeal category; Chance by Chanel in the luxury category; and Vera Wang by Unilever Prestige in the niche category.

NEW YORK - Women around the country are just about equally stressed about their tresses, but, depending on location, their specific hair concerns vary.

In New York, for instance, women worry about frizz, while in Chicago they complain about ''limp locks.''

London-based stylist Charles Worthington commissioned the online survey of 500 women in Tampa, Fla., Phoenix, Chicago, San Francisco and New York by research company Youth Intellegencer after he opened his first salon in the United States in the SoHo district of Manhattan. He says he wanted to know more about the women's hair-care habits.

Chicago women invest the most time on their hair with nearly one-quarter of that city's respondents devoting up to 30 minutes a day. During the summer, 40 percent of these women wear their hair up in ponytails, barrettes and braids. Probably because of the ''frizz factor,'' New York women often choose to wear their naturally wavy or curly during the day, but they do straighten it when going out at night. Women in Phoenix wash their hair most often, with 63 percent of respondents saying they shampoo daily.

Tampa women complain of damage, dryness and limp locks, which they attribute to a sunny and humid climate. In the evening, they are most likely to curl their hair, and hairspray is their favorite styling product.

In San Francisco, women are minimalists. They prefer to wear their hair straight weekdays, weekends and nights out. Most describe their look as low maintenance and half the respondents zip through styling in less than 10 minutes.

Eyeing extra sun protection

NEW YORK - The Skin Cancer Foundation gave its ''seal of recommendation'' to LensCrafters' new FeatherWates SPF prescription sunglass lenses for bifocal wearers because they target high energy visible rays as well as ultraviolet radiation.

The lenses offer 50 percent more protection than ordinary sun lenses against the violet and blue rays that can cause eye damage, according to LensCrafters.

The technology also preserves night vision, which can be reduced up to 50 percent after two to three hours of exposure to bright sunlight earlier in the same day.